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8. Here's another example: fero, ferre, tuli, latum

Sat Aug 9, 2014, 04:33 PM

Aug 2014

are the principal parts of one Classical Latin verb, but they appear to be derived from what were once three different verbs.

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Irregularities are most likely to be retained in very common words Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #1

I'm guessing most "irregular" plurals are Germanic in origin geardaddy Feb 2012 #3

The French "s" is the regular plural Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #4

Late to the party, but... Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #5

Welsh has a lot of examples of irregular plurals geardaddy Apr 2012 #6

"went" is a regular past tense. Speck Tater Dec 2012 #7

Here's another example: fero, ferre, tuli, latum Lionel Mandrake Aug 2014 #8